Building a Strong, Positive Team Culture

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Building a Strong, Positive Team Culture
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The Rule of St. Benedict

• The Rule can lead to team success
• Excellence (best you can be) Holiness
• True Leadership human factor is the most
  important element
• Constant Growth is the goal
• Order (discipline) with Flexibility (change)
• Moderation is the key (well-rounded)

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The Rule, Chapter 2

• Place of Christ teach according to His
  instruction
• The Leader is responsible for the flock yielding
  no profit
• Lead by example more than words, and give the
  commandments to receptive disciples with words
• Avoid all favoritism - show equal love
• Change the ranks of others as you see fit, as
  JUSTICE demands

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The Rule, Chapter 2

• Lead others according to where they are in the
  journey
• Use argument, appeal reproof 2 Tim 42
• More is expected to which more has been entrusted
• Keep the flock from dwindling, rejoice when it
  increases
• Do not show too great of concern for the
  fleeting/temporal things, rather seek first the
  kingdom of God
• No EXCUSES (lack of resources, etc.)

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What is a culture?

• The soul of an organization
• a pattern of shared basic assumptions
• Thats the way we do things around here
• i.e. - The IBM way

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Identify the different team cultures in these
movies

• List the team culture characteristics you feel
  would help a team most easily succeed

• Identify the current culture of your team /
  program

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A Strong, positive culture is the goal
Identifiable Characteristics

• Mutual Respect and Trust
• Openness and encouragement to find a better way
  are the norm - change and growth are desired
• Family feeling
• Faith enrichment - the spiritual dimension
• Laughter fun - loose but focused

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What would you like your team culture to be like?
Identify it.
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Team Building time
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Ways to improve, change or build a positive team
culture

• Set expectations from the beginning
• Establish positive traditions
• Have a CONSISTENT way of doing things
• Leaders set the tone - willing to be uncomfortable

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Ways to improve, change or build a positive team
culture

• Set an environment where EVERYONE can succeed
• each teammate best they can be
• Open honest communication - done in a positive
  way
• Have FUN while giving 100
• enjoy the journey
• Celebrate the successes

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Ways to improve, change or build a positive team
culture

• Hang out together off the field/court
• Provide Team Building experiences
• What else would you add?

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Develop the Game Plan
To either create the culture you want or
strengthen what you have

• List out the characteristics you would like your
  team culture to have
• Set objectives to help obtain those
  characteristics
• Create a time frame